dahak

See also: daħak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahak. Cognate of Tagalog dahak.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ahak]
Hyphenation: da‧hak

Noun

dahak (first-person possessive dahakku, second-person possessive dahakmu, third-person possessive dahaknya)

sputum, phlegm
Synonyms: balgam, sputum

Alternative forms

kahak; kahak (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

berdahak
mendahak

Further reading

“dahak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

rahak — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahak. Compare Malay dahak.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈhak/ [dɐˈhak]
Rhymes: -ak
Syllabification: da‧hak

Noun

dahák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜃ᜔)

physical effort to gather phlegm in the throat in order to expectorate
(by extension) sound made by such an effort

Derived terms

dahakan
dumahak
idahak
pagdahak

Further reading

“dahak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*dahak”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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